The Times, 16th May 2014With Martha at the keys, Beethoven's First Piano Concerto sparkles and winks, with friendly assistance from the Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant and the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana...But as usual the special treats come in the lighter items, when hair is let down and feet stomp.

BBC Music Magazine, September 2014The festival has class written all over it and exudes more joy - and humour - than any comparable event known to me. Argerich herself leads off here, in Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, displaying suppleness, rhythmic power, structural majesty and intimacy of inflection...Zilberstein's inspired caricature of incompetent pianists (in the Saint-Saens) is hilarious.

Financial Times, 31st May 2014Beethoven's First Piano Concerto finds Argerich as explosively improvisatory as ever, but overall there's a hint of brusqueness that threatens to muddy the picture. For the first time in this annual series, I preferred the non-Argerich performances.

Gramophone Magazine, August 2014To listen to these two close friends [Maisky and Argerich] firing off each other in the helter-skelter high spirits of the Rondo [of the Beethoven Cello Sonata] is pure delight.

The Telegraph, 12th June 2014Argerich herself heads the venture in a characteristically vital, lucid, poised account of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto...This set is a showcase for superlative musicianship, crowned at the end by Argerich and a host of friends coming together for a Saint-Sadns Carnival of the Animals of irresistible zoomorphic wit and charm.